Exotic Fruit - A Work in Progress

Today I was at the Still life class at KAGS where we had a number of different displays of fruit in wicker baskets as well as in glass bowls and plates.

I chose the one with papaya, Japanese pears, grapes, pomegranates, strawberries and lemons.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Spotted Eagle Rays - A Work in Progress

I have marked in some of the larger coral and sponges on the closest reef face (see posting 24 July 2012).














Then I painted in the hard coral on the upper part of the reef  adding a little fire coral at the bottom of some of the purple coral.

A little lower down the slope of the reef I added a cluster of yellow tube sponges.














I will post this painting at a later date once more of it has been completed.

Yellow Sky A-C - Three Works in Progress

Yellow Sky A

Using various strengths of raw sienna I washed in the background sky colour. On one I added a couple of birds.


















Yellow Sky B

I will posts these backgrounds sky paintings as I complete them at a later date.


















Yellow Sky C

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010. 

Rays of Light - A Work in Progress

I was sorting through some paintings I had started a while ago (see posts on 26 October 2010 and 28 December 2011) and decided to do a little work on this one.

Using a dark mixture I put the markings on the fins of the first fish, and then mixed a greyed green and put in the darker areas of the fish's body.












I will post this painting at a later date once more of the fish are completed. 

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Feeding Time - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I started in a workshop with Art Cunanan last month.

Instead of following along with his red barn I chose to do a painting of my barn with a few changes.













It is still a work in progress and there are a number of things I still have to think through and decide on how many other things I wish to add to the painting.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work has been completed.

OSWOA - Evening Light 1

This is a painting I had started last year (see post on 05 October 12). While at the art show in Magnetawan I worked on a number of pieces and completed this one.

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Strathmore 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Morning Pines 1

Today I wanted to complete a painting so I decided to work on something small and with a limited palette.

The colours I chose were French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and burnt sienna.

I first applied a wash of alizarin crimson into the sky and the water.

While the paint was still wet I added a mix of blue and burnt sienna and painted in a few clouds and with vertical strokes indicated where the reflections would go.

Next I lightly drew in the shoreline and the tree trunks; with a darker mix of the reflection colours I indicated the water line on the bottom of the rocks.

Using French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and raw sienna I painted in the pine trees on the island.

While the paint was still wet I added pure burnt sienna and pure raw sienna in some areas of the pine needles to give a little variation in the colour.

The dead trees were put in next.

With alizarin crimson and French ultramarine blue I put in the rippled reflections into the water below the rocks.

Finally the rocks were painted using the tree colours and touch with a touch of raw sienna.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 sold unframed.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.